News tagged with seasonal variation
Feeding behavior in monkeys and humans have ancient, shared roots
May 20, 2009 |
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Behavioural ecologists working in Bolivia have found that wild spider monkeys control their diets in a similar way to humans, contrary to what has been thought up to now. Rather than trying to maximize their ...
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Constant sunlight linked to summer suicide spike
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 07, 2009 |
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Suicide rates in Greenland increase during the summer, peaking in June. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry speculate that insomnia caused by incessant daylight may be to blame.
Researchers Establish Common Seasonal Patterns Among Bacterial Communities in Arctic Rivers
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research on bacterial communities throughout six large Arctic river ecosystems reveals predictable temporal patterns, suggesting that scientists could use these communities as markers ...
Dust mite levels in Sydney are seasonal
Nov 26, 2007 |
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House dust mite (HDM) allergen levels in Sydney beds are determined by the season, with new research discovering fluctuations of such magnitude between summer and autumn levels they may be sufficient to influence asthma symptoms ...
Health experts: Kids should get seasonal flu shot
Oct 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Dutch scientists made a controversial suggestion Friday that children might be better off skipping the seasonal flu vaccine this year - a proposal flatly rejected by other health experts.
Asthma a significant risk factor for complications in children with H1N1
Nov 19, 2009 |
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A new study on pediatric H1N1 influenza admissions has found that asthma is a significant risk factor for severe disease in children with pandemic H1N1 compared with the seasonal flu. The study, led by researchers from The ...
'Early birds' adapt to climate change
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May 09, 2008 |
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Individual birds can adjust their behaviour to take climate change in their stride, according to a study by scientists from the University of Oxford.
Fall driving more hazardous than summer or winter
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While many believe summer is the most dangerous season on U.S. roads because motorists tend to drive faster, drink more alcohol and drive more often for leisure, a new report by the University of Michigan ...
The last supper of the hominids establishes the times they lived at the sites
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 14, 2009 |
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In the French cave of Arago, an international team of scientists has analyzed the dental wear of the fossils of herbivorous animals hunted by Homo heidelbergensis. It is the first time that an analytical method ...
Study: H1N1 flu virus ill-suited for rapid transmission, but new strain bears watching, could mutate
Jul 02, 2009 |
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A team from MIT and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found a genetic explanation for why the new H1N1 "swine flu" virus has spread from person to person less effectively than other flu viruses.
American adults receiving flu vaccine at about the same rate as in 2008, study finds
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 09, 2009 |
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American adults are not being vaccinated against the seasonal flu any more often than they were last year, despite increased public discussion of the importance of influenza vaccines resulting from the worldwide outbreak ...
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